Saturday, August 05, 2006

Basic Fun Stuff About South Orange County, CA

Hello, this is Debbie Ferrari and this is my first post ever on my very first Blog ever!

The purpose of this blog is to give you a one-stop place to find info about our great Orange County, California. Along the way, I will also comment about real estate here since I am a Realtor/Broker with Prudential California Realty.

To begin with, here are some handy links to popular places and services in Orange County.

Search Orange County Real Estate MLS
The Official Orange CountyWeb Site That Tells Everything!
History of Orange County
Official State of the County Report
Visit Every City inOrange County
2006 Facts and FiguresFor Orange County

Watch for more links and discussions about Orange County high points, especially my rating of the best Diners and Pizza Places in South Orange County.

3 comments:

Admin said...

From the far east to the far west...hello from Myrtle Beach!
Bill, I know you'll be writing your hands off with your own "forum" to write on.

It should be the best thing you've ever done. Don't forget to put plenty of pictures on it!

Jan
www.newresorts.com

Debbie Ferrari said...

Our Nov. 18 Client appreciation cruise was a great success with about 50 people on board one of the biggest whale watch boats in Dana Point Harbor for two hours. We brought tons of food, many bottles of wine, and the ship supplied a captain, crewman and a full time bartender. We saw many dolphin and sea lions, but no whales but no one cared and we got many letters of thanks from the clients aboard. Deb

Debbie Ferrari said...

It was so great to be one of Donald Trump's 100 Top real estate experts in his new book. Here is the news release that I sent out to all the media about being in the Trump bestselling book:

For More Info Contact: NEWS RELEASE
Bill Koelzer
949-496-4159
Bill@Koelzer.com
www.Koelzer.com

Debbie Ferrari, Orange County Realtor®,
Named One of Donald Trump’s 100 Top
Real Estate Experts in His New Book.

Trump---The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received:
100 Top Experts Share Their Strategies.
(Amazon.com and nationwide bestseller)

San Clemente, CA – December 4, 2006 – Debbie Ferrari, San Clemente, CA-based real estate Broker Associate of Prudential California Realty, has her very own advice chapter in tough-minded real estate developer Donald Trump’s new, 273-page real estate success book: Trump---The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received: 100 Top Experts Share Their Strategies. (Amazon.com and nationwide).

Trump had asked 100 of the world's most successful real estate experts to tell him the best real estate advice they had ever received. Ferrari’s comments on “Make the Most of the Internet,” comprise Chapter 27 of the real estate mogul’s book.

Ferrari says, “The mail came, I opened a big envelope, and there was the Trump book and a letter thanking me for my contribution. I had to stop and think, and then I remembered that I had been interviewed about a year ago for a Trump book. But I never dreamed that I’d be included with such famous and powerful corporate leaders giving real estate advice to the most famous real estate personage in America.”

Others among Trump’s top 100 experts include Steve Bollenbach, CEO, Hilton Hotels; Mortimer Zuckerman, chairman, U.S. News and World Report and New York Daily News; Blanche Evans, Editor, Realty Times; Dorothy Herman, president/CEO of Prudential Douglas Elliman, NYC’s largest realty firm; Bruce Karatz, chairman/CEO, KB Home, one of the country’s largest homebuilders; Barbara Corcoran, founder, The Corcoran Group, NYC’s largest realty firm; Jim Gillespie, president/CEO, Coldwell Banker; Jack Peckham III, Real Estate CyberSpace Society; Tom Kunz, president/CEO of Century 21; Leonard Lauder; chairman, Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.; Dave Liniger, cofounder/chairman, RE/MAX; Terry J. Lundgren, chairman/president, Federated Stores;
John J. Mack, chairman/CEO of Morgan Stanley; Bernie Marcus, cofounder, Home Depot; Bruce E. Mosler, president/CEO, Cushman & Wakefield global real estate; and Jonathan M. Tisch, chairman/CEO of Loews Hotels.

Ferrari’s specific advice was that in residential real estate, “You should always dominate all other Realtors on the Internet in your marketing area.” Ferrari’s 1000-page web site is the first-ranked realty agent site on Google.com and AOL.com in searches for “Orange County Real Estate.” and is the most-awarded Realtor site in the U.S.

Her web site at www.DebbieFerrari.com has won numerous industry awards for its ability to generate leads from buyers, which can ultimately become home sales. “She is annually ranked among the top selling agents of Prudential California Realty,” says her manager, Herb Josepher. “She also gets more than 60,000 monthly web site visitors and sends out 3,000 emails daily to buyers who’ve asked her to keep them posted on targeted new MLS listings.”

Ferrari’s site also offers unlimited free MLS searching of homes for sale in Southern California, a two-minute video about her, free downloadable realty reports, updated county real estate marketing conditions reports, two monthly newsletters, a free gift to visitors, full school and city/utilities information, mortgage calculators, home fire safety section, and several thousand links to off-site realty info.

She is also Vice President of the National Council of Exchangors (1031 property exchange association), and Vice President of the Heritage of San Clemente Foundation.

Ferrari lives in San Clemente and works from the Prudential California Realty office at 23811 Aliso Creek Road, Suite 181, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
949-496-4159 | www.DebbieFerrari.com | Debbie@DebbieFerrari.com. The actual
pages showing Ferrari’s Trump book comments are at: http://www.debbieferrari.com/DonaldTrumpBestRealEstateAdvice.

Prudential California Realty is proud to be a member of HomeServices of America Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Prudential California Realty represented nearly $24 billion in sales volume in 2005 and was ranked among the nation's Top 5 real estate companies nationwide. Additional company information can be obtained at www.prudentialcal.com.

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